This week’s Top 10 Albums, according to Billboard:
1. Taylor Swift – Fearless – 92,000 (+44%)
2. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss Raising Sand – 77,000 (+715%)*
3. India.Arie – Testimony: Vol. 2 — Love & Politics – 76,000 (debut)
4. The Fray – The Fray – 75,000 (-58%)
5. Lily Allen – It’s Not Me, It’s You – 70,000 (debut)
6. Bruce Springsteen – Working on a Dream 65,000 (-36%)
7. Bobby Valentino – The Rebirth – 64,000 (debut)
8. Coldplay – Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends – 62,000 (+271%)*
9. Grammy Nominees 2009 – 61,000 (+114%)*
10. Adele – 19 – 57,000 (+218%)*
* = Grammy bump
• The new Lonely Island album debuted at No. 13, selling 48,000 copies.
• That Taylor Swift album has nine non-consecutive weeks at No. 1 so far. The last album with more time at the top was Santana‘s Supernatural which racked up 12 excruciating weeks across 1999 and 2000.
• That Plant/Krauss joint has sold 1.26 million to date.